Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE WHITE FRIARS
595-1/4/446 (South side)
28/07/55 No.1
The Old House

GV II

Town house. Probably late medieval with C14 cellar;
refurbished 1658 and 1980s. Sandstone, timber framing with
plaster panels, brown brick; grey slate roof with 2 front
gables, one east gable and one rear gable.
EXTERIOR: cellar, 2 storeys and cockloft. The front has
squared sandstone plinth, partly rendered. Repaired small
framing to the first storey has one intermediate rail;
replaced door of 6 fielded panels with inserted leaded
overlight; a renewed 3-light leaded casement to each side of
door stands proud of wall-face on shaped brackets. The second
storey is boldly jettied on 3 shaped brackets, the central
bracket a jetty-beam with dentils and strapwork on its west
face; the bressumer has strapwork and M:R.I on its face; a row
of 14 narrow panels, the eastern 8 pargeted with heraldic
devices; 15 carved consoles carry a continuous mullioned and
transomed casement of 14 leaded lights; dentils to sill,
principal mullions and top rail. The 2 front gables are
rendered; that to east retains curlicue pargeting and is dated
1658, that to west has a plain repaired face dated 1987;
replaced bargeboards; two C17 drop finials; replaced apex
finials. The east side, 6 panels wide, has sole-plate on
sandstone plinth, one intermediate rail to the first storey, a
cambered second-storey floor-beam, storey-height large panels,
a slightly jettied tie-beam and an end-gable with simple
queen-post truss. The short rear wing, restored late C20, has
a full-width rear gable with a floorband and replaced sashes.
INTERIOR: the cellar has sandstone steps with winders, squared
sandstone rubble walls, some flat oak joists and a former
opening to the street, now blocked. The first storey has a
replaced flag floor, wall-framing exposed, 2 cross-beams with
chamfers stopped at east end, oak joists and a brick corner
fireplace, south-east. The kitchen has 2 chamfered beams and
replaced joists. The oak newel stair has top winders and
shaped splat balusters to landing. The east bedroom has a
Tudor-arched stone fireplace with heraldic carving in relief
on the overmantel; the east wall has large framing of heavy
timbers; the south wall timbers are of smaller scantling; the
framing in the west bedroom includes a jowled corner-post and
a windbrace.

Listing NGR: SJ4052466093

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657022

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990